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HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKY
Airman · U.S. Navy
March 19, 1947 – October 2, 1969
Service recordHoward Mark Koslosky, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 2, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- FITRON 142 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “FITRON 142 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 30
- RICHARD ALLEN LIVINGSTONLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- DONALD R MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM RAY MOOREPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- PAUL KIERSTEAD MOSERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILLIAM BELLPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 17W, Line 24
- DELVIN LEE KOHLERPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 17W, Line 28
- KENNETH MORTON PRENTICEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 17W, Line 31
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.